Radiant Tangent
@radiant-tangent.bsky.social
General purpose nerd, curious, reader, corgi parent, and a library and archives enthusiast. Human who likes to build and play with tech.
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Supreme Court Decision on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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"You don't get to pick and choose who has rights ... Either we all have rights or none of us have rights"
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
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THIS.
I've been saying this for many, many months.
This is a time for a new kind of politics.
We don't live in an Old World Two-Party system anymore.
"Reaching across the aisle" doesn't work so well.
It's fascism vs. democracy.
And you don't compromise with fascists.
I've been saying this for many, many months.
This is a time for a new kind of politics.
We don't live in an Old World Two-Party system anymore.
"Reaching across the aisle" doesn't work so well.
It's fascism vs. democracy.
And you don't compromise with fascists.
I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
THIS.
I've been saying this for many, many months.
This is a time for a new kind of politics.
We don't live in an Old World Two-Party system anymore.
"Reaching across the aisle" doesn't work so well.
It's fascism vs. democracy.
And you don't compromise with fascists.
I've been saying this for many, many months.
This is a time for a new kind of politics.
We don't live in an Old World Two-Party system anymore.
"Reaching across the aisle" doesn't work so well.
It's fascism vs. democracy.
And you don't compromise with fascists.
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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Sounds like it’s the GOP that’s playing politics with people’s livelihoods. Hold the line, Dems.
October 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sounds like it’s the GOP that’s playing politics with people’s livelihoods. Hold the line, Dems.
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I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.
September 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.
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Please don't forget, and don't let anyone else forget, they did this openly.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Please don't forget, and don't let anyone else forget, they did this openly.
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There's about 12 hours left to participate in the Gender Census survey!
survey.gendercensus.com
If you've been trying to work out if the gender binary applies to you since the survey opened, this survey is *definitely* for you!
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender #survey #pride #GSM
survey.gendercensus.com
If you've been trying to work out if the gender binary applies to you since the survey opened, this survey is *definitely* for you!
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender #survey #pride #GSM
August 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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the DC takeover is a very frogs boiling situation
public perception is so important—it’s way too easy for folks to dismiss military playing on their phones & picking up trash—normalizing future occupations
so please tell your friends, family, & communities: THIS IS NOT OKAY. DO NOT SHRUG IT OFF.
public perception is so important—it’s way too easy for folks to dismiss military playing on their phones & picking up trash—normalizing future occupations
so please tell your friends, family, & communities: THIS IS NOT OKAY. DO NOT SHRUG IT OFF.
August 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
the DC takeover is a very frogs boiling situation
public perception is so important—it’s way too easy for folks to dismiss military playing on their phones & picking up trash—normalizing future occupations
so please tell your friends, family, & communities: THIS IS NOT OKAY. DO NOT SHRUG IT OFF.
public perception is so important—it’s way too easy for folks to dismiss military playing on their phones & picking up trash—normalizing future occupations
so please tell your friends, family, & communities: THIS IS NOT OKAY. DO NOT SHRUG IT OFF.
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If y'all are upset by the fact that there are millions of people who will flat refuse to vote for a horrible individual like Newsom, maybe spend the next three years finding any one of several hundred million people in the US that folks WILL vote for.
There's no shortage of decent candidates.
There's no shortage of decent candidates.
August 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
If y'all are upset by the fact that there are millions of people who will flat refuse to vote for a horrible individual like Newsom, maybe spend the next three years finding any one of several hundred million people in the US that folks WILL vote for.
There's no shortage of decent candidates.
There's no shortage of decent candidates.
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If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
When thinking about features to add to focus friend, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PLEASE do not add statistics or graphs. I see apps compared to focus friend and they all have these. Do. Not. Want.
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
When thinking about features to add to focus friend, @hankgreen.bsky.social, PLEASE do not add statistics or graphs. I see apps compared to focus friend and they all have these. Do. Not. Want.
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📚 “Every citizen should know that libraries are under attack.”
In a new interview, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle outlines the structural threats facing libraries today & the paths forward for an enduring library system.
@cni-org.bsky.social @brewster.kahle.org
vimeo.com/1103555091/8...
In a new interview, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle outlines the structural threats facing libraries today & the paths forward for an enduring library system.
@cni-org.bsky.social @brewster.kahle.org
vimeo.com/1103555091/8...
CNI 2025 - Brewster Kahle - Libraries at Risk:Borrowed Infrastructure and and Institutional Resilience
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July 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📚 “Every citizen should know that libraries are under attack.”
In a new interview, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle outlines the structural threats facing libraries today & the paths forward for an enduring library system.
@cni-org.bsky.social @brewster.kahle.org
vimeo.com/1103555091/8...
In a new interview, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle outlines the structural threats facing libraries today & the paths forward for an enduring library system.
@cni-org.bsky.social @brewster.kahle.org
vimeo.com/1103555091/8...
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There’s money for ICE
There’s money for concentration camps
There’s money for tax cuts for the wealthy
Yet there’s no money for healthcare, housing, food assistance, social support, or public broadcasting.
There’s no money to help the sick, homeless & starving
Suffering is a political choice
There’s money for concentration camps
There’s money for tax cuts for the wealthy
Yet there’s no money for healthcare, housing, food assistance, social support, or public broadcasting.
There’s no money to help the sick, homeless & starving
Suffering is a political choice
July 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
There’s money for ICE
There’s money for concentration camps
There’s money for tax cuts for the wealthy
Yet there’s no money for healthcare, housing, food assistance, social support, or public broadcasting.
There’s no money to help the sick, homeless & starving
Suffering is a political choice
There’s money for concentration camps
There’s money for tax cuts for the wealthy
Yet there’s no money for healthcare, housing, food assistance, social support, or public broadcasting.
There’s no money to help the sick, homeless & starving
Suffering is a political choice
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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Come what may, I will bet on us, every time, because there is no other bet worth placing. I am all in, fam. I will never stop looking for openings and aiming at them. I will never stop reaching for people and saying, “Take my hand. We can do this.” Because we are worth it.
July 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Come what may, I will bet on us, every time, because there is no other bet worth placing. I am all in, fam. I will never stop looking for openings and aiming at them. I will never stop reaching for people and saying, “Take my hand. We can do this.” Because we are worth it.
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Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
July 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
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So glad we all get to experience the Most Ironic Independence Day In American History.
July 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So glad we all get to experience the Most Ironic Independence Day In American History.
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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HUGE: Senate Parliamentarian says that Mike Lee's public land sell-off violates the Byrd rule, requires 60 votes in the Senate. A bunch of other terrible anti-environment provisions do too.
This isn't over, but this is a huge win.
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
This isn't over, but this is a huge win.
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
June 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
HUGE: Senate Parliamentarian says that Mike Lee's public land sell-off violates the Byrd rule, requires 60 votes in the Senate. A bunch of other terrible anti-environment provisions do too.
This isn't over, but this is a huge win.
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
This isn't over, but this is a huge win.
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
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I want to make sure y'all know that Kanopy and other library resources are not "free."
These resources are free to use, but do cost money. That money has been severely cut in many places.
Please use your librarians, but also advocate for them and their funding.
I want to make sure y'all know that Kanopy and other library resources are not "free."
These resources are free to use, but do cost money. That money has been severely cut in many places.
Please use your librarians, but also advocate for them and their funding.
June 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@todayshow.com
I want to make sure y'all know that Kanopy and other library resources are not "free."
These resources are free to use, but do cost money. That money has been severely cut in many places.
Please use your librarians, but also advocate for them and their funding.
I want to make sure y'all know that Kanopy and other library resources are not "free."
These resources are free to use, but do cost money. That money has been severely cut in many places.
Please use your librarians, but also advocate for them and their funding.
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You will ask yourself—does anything matter? You will wonder if the protests mean anything, if resistance means anything.
It does. They do. I know how it feels, but don’t give up. It took a decade to oust Nazis. Many, many decades to end slavery. Resistance is long and difficult. But it is the way.
It does. They do. I know how it feels, but don’t give up. It took a decade to oust Nazis. Many, many decades to end slavery. Resistance is long and difficult. But it is the way.
June 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
You will ask yourself—does anything matter? You will wonder if the protests mean anything, if resistance means anything.
It does. They do. I know how it feels, but don’t give up. It took a decade to oust Nazis. Many, many decades to end slavery. Resistance is long and difficult. But it is the way.
It does. They do. I know how it feels, but don’t give up. It took a decade to oust Nazis. Many, many decades to end slavery. Resistance is long and difficult. But it is the way.
"You don't get to pick and choose who has rights ... Either we all have rights or none of us have rights"
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yW0...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yW0...
Supreme Court Decision on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"You don't get to pick and choose who has rights ... Either we all have rights or none of us have rights"
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yW0...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yW0...
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WE ARE ALL LIFELONG MEDICAL PATIENTS BECAUSE WE EXIST IN BODIES THAT REQUIRE CARE
June 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
WE ARE ALL LIFELONG MEDICAL PATIENTS BECAUSE WE EXIST IN BODIES THAT REQUIRE CARE
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This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
June 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
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Happy Juneteenth everybody. This might legitimately be the last year it's recognized as a national holiday.
June 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Happy Juneteenth everybody. This might legitimately be the last year it's recognized as a national holiday.